Chapter 1524 — I Am the Unfettered Wind
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
d — one of Long Xiao's heads was cut away, then the second, then the third! Long Xiao screamed; his other dragon claw dug at the gaunt stranger's heart, plunging into his chest — but at once his claw felt a surging might burst forth from the heart his claw gripped, and his claw began to melt! Boundless terror filled Long Xiao's heart. What manner of being was this? Only half a body, wedged in the strange eye and unable to move, and yet with a single hand he had gravely wounded an existence like himself! Was there such a powerful being in this world? He hurriedly released his bite, struggled, soared into the air, abandoning his three severed heads, and tried to flee back to the Beast World. But the gaunt stranger still gripped his dragon claw and did not let go; instead he exerted force and dragged him back down from the sky. Terror and unease filled Long Xiao's heart. He fought the stranger with all his might; his body shook and countless dragon scales flew from him, each scale like a bright mirror yet incomparably sharp, slashing at the stranger! The strange eye behind the stranger hummed and quivered; the countless dragon scales suddenly lost control and flew toward the strange eye — even Long Xiao's severed heads rose of themselves and flew toward the eye. "Am I the sacrifice, then?" Long Xiao's blood ran cold. He saw the vertical eye at the gaunt stranger's brow burst forth with light again; this strike, he feared, would cut away all his heads! Fear gripped his heart. Among the ten Heavenly Venerables, even the strongest could not have pinned him down so utterly with one hand, much less defeated him in a single blow! And now, this stranger's single strike would likely kill him, use him as a sacrifice, as nourishment! Just then, he suddenly saw a tiny figure flying close along the dragon scales, weaving beneath them at extreme speed, racing toward the gaunt stranger. "Heavenly Venerable Mu..." Long Xiao gave no more thought to it; his six heads whirled up and down, striving to dodge the light shot from the strange eye, but he could not dodge in time — a beam slashed him, and another head fell. Like a many-headed python with its heads cut off, he let out a world-shaking scream, but he could not escape his fate of death. Suddenly Shen Mu had already flown before the stranger, his five fingers spread, and pressed a seal upon the stranger's chest! Hum! Dazzling light erupted, brilliant beyond measure — it was a Taiji diagram spread wide, which he had forced into the stranger's body! Taiji Evolves, Yin and Yang Move! Shen Mu, backhand and forehand, his arms like rain, madly pressed seal after seal upon the stranger's chest! Wherever his palms landed, the stranger's body petrified at flying speed; the petrified area grew larger and larger, and the petrification spread faster and faster! The stranger let out a world-shaking roar, released Long Xiao, and reached out to seize Shen Mu. Shen Mu darted about upon his body; every blow was his twenty-third heaven Dao-entering divine power, Taiji Evolves, Yin and Yang Move, striking from the stranger's belly up to his Adam's apple, from his Adam's apple to his lone arm. The stranger's hand, reaching for Shen Mu, gradually halted; his shoulder had already petrified, and his palm could no longer reach Shen Mu — but the vertical eye at his brow slashed a beam of light at Shen Mu. Long Xiao knew this was the most critical moment; forcing down the dread in his heart, he raised his talons to shield Shen Mu above. The light from the eye was incomparably sharp; with a chi it cut his talons away. Long Xiao's five heads reared up in pain, wailing without cease, but his tail swept across to block the blow in turn. His tail was severed! At the same time, the stranger's entire arm petrified, and the petrification went on creeping up along his neck. Shen Mu had already turned back from the arm and killed his way up to the stranger's face, blow after blow landing with unerring precision on the acupoints